Television insiders are sniping that Barbara Walters' live TV appearances are being limited by ABC chiefs as the network focuses on its revamped version of the "The View."
Sources told us, as the show's creator and former co-host, Walters had wanted to appear live on "The View" when it returned last week with its new panel. But ABC brass nixed the idea, and she instead appeared in a taped segment.
We're also told Walters was asked to appear on NBC's "Today" last week during the show's Homecoming Week, where special guests appeared to co-host the 7 o'clock hour with Matt Lauer as fill-ins for Savannah Guthrie, but ABC advised against it.
A source told us: "They [NBC] asked Barbara, and she in turn asked ABC. There was a brief conversation, and ultimately she decided not to do it, because she wants to be loyal to ABC and not appear on the competition."
On Sept. 10, Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb subbed in for Savannah, and Gifford joked on air: "We're sorry Barbara Walters couldn't make it. You're stuck with us."
Meanwhile, we're also told that Walters had wanted to appear live on "The View" season premiere, but was denied again by ABC brass, our source told us. Instead, Walters taped a segment that aired at the top of the program, where she sat on a throne wearing a crown, with co-host Whoopi Goldberg and new co-hosts Rosie Perez, Rosie O'Donnell and Nicolle Wallace kissing her hand.
But Walters, who presided over the green room during taping of the first episode, denied wanting to be on air. She told Page Six, "How silly! I deliberately taped a piece at the top, gave it my blessing, and now they're off to the races."
Another source added of Walters, "She was very happy with the cute piece on the top of the show, where the new hosts kissed her ring." The source added that Walters is "very savvy about TV and knows that if she was a live guest, all the headlines would be about that and not the new hosts." Or perhaps that is what ABC chiefs feared.
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